To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
To heap up; to accumulate.
Verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"
Verb
do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
v. t.
To heap up; to accumulate.
v. t.
To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or
the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth
concerning.
Exaggerate
A friend exaggerates a man's virtues.
To heap up; to accumulate.
Usage Examples
It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.